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>> mike viqueira at the white house tonight. thank you. >>> i'm joined now by nbc's david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good evening, david. >> good evening. >> david, the president was in full campaign mode today. what does that tell us about the political landscape facing the democrats this fall? >> it's still very, very tough. i think that's why you see the president both ramping up his campaigning personally and ramping up the rhetoric against republicans. he's trying to frame the debate for the fall campaign. it's all about the economy. 9.6% unemployment, a housing crisis that continues to affect americans across the country and here you see the president really sharpening his knives, sharpening his message for republicans saying, things are tough, but these guys opposing me don't have better ideas. >> is there a national democratic strategy though or is it more race by race, district by district out there? >> well, it's really both. the president at the top of the ticket, if you will, though he's not on the ballo
>> mike viqueira at the white house tonight. thank you. >>> i'm joined now by nbc's david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good evening, david. >> good evening. >> david, the president was in full campaign mode today. what does that tell us about the political landscape facing the democrats this fall? >> it's still very, very tough. i think that's why you see the president both ramping up his campaigning personally and ramping up the rhetoric...
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nbc's mike viqueira is in washington tonight to tell us more. mike. >> reporter: good evening, lester. sarah palin is on something of a role becoming a party king-maker while at the same time defying the republican establishment. now the question is will she, can she, try to parlay that popularity with the conservative base into a successful run for the oval office? for sarah palin, these are heady days. >> it's time for no more business as usual. it is time to take our country back. >> reporter: fresh off a string of primary victories for candidates she endorsed, palin got a raucous welcome last night from republican party faithful in iowa, site of the first presidential battleground, her appearance ignited a new round of speculation about her own designs on the white house. but in des moines, palin played coy. >> todd says, i don't know, i think you should go downstairs, run on that treadmill. i said why would i want to stay indoors? todd says, because i guarantee you, if anybody spots you in the tennis shoes, the headline's going to be "vanit
nbc's mike viqueira is in washington tonight to tell us more. mike. >> reporter: good evening, lester. sarah palin is on something of a role becoming a party king-maker while at the same time defying the republican establishment. now the question is will she, can she, try to parlay that popularity with the conservative base into a successful run for the oval office? for sarah palin, these are heady days. >> it's time for no more business as usual. it is time to take our country...
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>> mike viqueira, thanks so much. for more we're joined by chris matth matthews, host of "hardball on msnbc." >> good morning, amy. >> this was no ordinary speech by sarah palin in iowa. this is the speech that could ors who foricallyas snalled a run for president. she's been very visible since her 2008 campaign. but not so much in iowa. is she testing the waters ang republican fors support? >> well, we presentedhat she'd make that teasing line about running as being seen as running if she went out jogging. the fact is she's teasing pretty hard and i tnk she's going to run. and the reason is, she can win in iowa. if she runs as a christian conservative woman, is the way that she's framing herself, against four or five guys, the field is set for her to win. she wins in iowa, that's 50% of the fight. then she goes on, does decently well in new hampshire, where mitt romney will get no credit, even if he wins, because he's from that media market. she goes to south carolina, wins big again with the evangelical baptists, sh
>> mike viqueira, thanks so much. for more we're joined by chris matth matthews, host of "hardball on msnbc." >> good morning, amy. >> this was no ordinary speech by sarah palin in iowa. this is the speech that could ors who foricallyas snalled a run for president. she's been very visible since her 2008 campaign. but not so much in iowa. is she testing the waters ang republican fors support? >> well, we presentedhat she'd make that teasing line about running as...
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viqueira is in albuquerque and, mike, when i read this article, which is written by juan who is the co-publisher and editor of "al roi "rolling stone" the big message at the end, buck up. >> or whining, as vice president biden would have it. democrats face huge losses in congress this fall and in just five weeks, as you mention. the reason why people point to the inthuenthusiasm gap. so, they're trying to light a fire under those voters. you know, the president will leave here today and he'll go up to madison, wisconsin. he'll try to recapture some of that campaign magic with a big rally up in wisconsin today. he might take the stage to the pretenders singing "stop your sobbing." that's the message they have for the democratic bisover the last two days. some quotes from that "rolling stone" article people need to shake up this lethargy and it's inexcusable if people do not vote. if they want to take their ball and go home, they weren't serious in the first place. this comes after vice president biden last night reiterated his message and told lawrence o'donnell that the same democra
viqueira is in albuquerque and, mike, when i read this article, which is written by juan who is the co-publisher and editor of "al roi "rolling stone" the big message at the end, buck up. >> or whining, as vice president biden would have it. democrats face huge losses in congress this fall and in just five weeks, as you mention. the reason why people point to the inthuenthusiasm gap. so, they're trying to light a fire under those voters. you know, the president will leave...
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>> mike viqueira, as he said in des moines. joining our conversation now doug wilder and msnb political adviser pat buchanan. governor wilder, as you are watching barack obama, you think he's getting a little bit of his mojo back? >> chris, it's good to be with you. the big problem that the democrats have and the president, i think, understands it, getting his mojo back to get him elected is one thing. getting his mojo back for transference is something different. and don't moind sind saying tha people were put back or put down by joe biden saying to people, stop whining. you don't have a job, stop whining. you don't have a mortgage, stop whining. things aren't good for you, stop whining. i think it will be much better for the president to deliver this kind of message to say this. i recognize that i have not done all the things that i could have done and would have liked to have done. i could and eating a lot of food. it's amazing. >> so you car how heavy you are, no matter how long you've been overweight, you are not genetical
>> mike viqueira, as he said in des moines. joining our conversation now doug wilder and msnb political adviser pat buchanan. governor wilder, as you are watching barack obama, you think he's getting a little bit of his mojo back? >> chris, it's good to be with you. the big problem that the democrats have and the president, i think, understands it, getting his mojo back to get him elected is one thing. getting his mojo back for transference is something different. and don't moind...
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. >> nbc mike viqueira joining us now from the white house. mike, did the president hit all the right notes this morning? >> this is an annual thing. an opening of the general assembly and this president had addressed them last year at this time and he made the trip and hit a number of issues that you would expect given the venue. he talk about iraq and reconfirmed the commitment and iran, tough talk for iran and its regime in terms of its nuclear program and getting tough and saying at the same time the door is still open for diplomatic engagement and on the middle east, you pointed out that he spent a great deal of time talking about that. starting out saying that jews and arabs are not change strangers in a strange land. he went on to reaffirm the commitment's for an extension of the housing moratorium in the west bank and made that rather optimistic hope that he expressed there that there could be an independent sovereign palestinian represented there at the united nations. by this time next year and that will meet a lot of skepticism, tho
. >> nbc mike viqueira joining us now from the white house. mike, did the president hit all the right notes this morning? >> this is an annual thing. an opening of the general assembly and this president had addressed them last year at this time and he made the trip and hit a number of issues that you would expect given the venue. he talk about iraq and reconfirmed the commitment and iran, tough talk for iran and its regime in terms of its nuclear program and getting tough and...
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nbc's mike viqueira is outside the white house. we covered all of this, knew it was a long internal struggle. >> reporter: right. >> they said so at the time but this indicates a lot of frictions and frictions that might have implications for what goes on going forward. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, and a lot of people turned this palace intrigue during that long process that lasted over the course of the second half of last year, you're absolutely right, in the basement of the west wing here in the situation room time after time i think it was nine meetings all together lasting two and three hours. the president hashing out that afghanistan policy and they're in the middle of that process again one year after the president announced that 30,000 troop surge in afghanistan, that was in november, that was 10,000 fewer than general mcchrystal asked for but a lot of people in the pentagon had been pushing the president to do and now we learn that a lot of china got broken during that palace intrigue, andrea, people back and for
nbc's mike viqueira is outside the white house. we covered all of this, knew it was a long internal struggle. >> reporter: right. >> they said so at the time but this indicates a lot of frictions and frictions that might have implications for what goes on going forward. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, and a lot of people turned this palace intrigue during that long process that lasted over the course of the second half of last year, you're absolutely right, in the...
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nbc's mike viqueira is in washington with more, mike. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. first lady michelle obama has spent the first year and a half for a champion for nonpartisan causes while largely staying out of politics. midterm elections months away and democrats in big trouble, all that is about to change. >> may god bless this ship and all who sail in her. >> reporter: when it comes to poll ratings, michelle obama truly is the president's better half. she has consistently remained more popular in her husband, in part, by staying above the partisan fray and taking up nonpartisan causes as a champion, for military families and a leader in the fight against childhood obesity. but now, mrs. obama is set to raise her political profile. facing the prospect of massive losses in november, congressional democrats have issued a distress call, send us michelle. at first, their pleas were rebuffed but with prospects worse by the day, they asked again this time the answer was yes. details are still up in the air but aides stres
nbc's mike viqueira is in washington with more, mike. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. first lady michelle obama has spent the first year and a half for a champion for nonpartisan causes while largely staying out of politics. midterm elections months away and democrats in big trouble, all that is about to change. >> may god bless this ship and all who sail in her. >> reporter: when it comes to poll ratings, michelle obama truly is the president's better half....
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. >> mike viqueira is travel with the president. he's in des moines, iowa, this morning. so mike seems like he really packed in a crowd last night. what was the message? >> well, after the scolding came the pleading you guys. the day after he told them to buck up and that they had to get to the polls to vote in november, he really was a full-throated plea from the president to his base which include many of the college students and the youth mark was just talking about that are disaffected, that are apathetic that the president was speaking to last night. was a full-on campaign-stril production. they had cranes, jib cameras going up and down. they said there were 200 watch parties on the internet at college campuses and other locations across the country. 26,000 people. the number was somewhat in dispute but that came from the campus police. and they were cheering on the president as he spoke, even comparing the struggle for change that he is engaged in, dress addressing the disappointment, comparing it to the struggle to abolish slavery or get people the vote nearly the
. >> mike viqueira is travel with the president. he's in des moines, iowa, this morning. so mike seems like he really packed in a crowd last night. what was the message? >> well, after the scolding came the pleading you guys. the day after he told them to buck up and that they had to get to the polls to vote in november, he really was a full-throated plea from the president to his base which include many of the college students and the youth mark was just talking about that are...
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>> mike viqueira in new mexico on a whirlwind three-day trip. one thing that this episode this week and a member of the professional left's comments. we know what the excuse will be for either side post-november. the base will say you guys beat up the base and brow beat them too much and didn't offer a progressive enough agenda. >> it's very interesting notion. everyone knows the base has to get energized. the question is the base wants red meat. they don't want a lecture. and question whether they'll consider these latest comments. >> should be a fascinating day in the liberal blogosphere. >>> the president could have a new chief of staff as early as friday. rahm emmanuel is expected to announce any day now to the staff that his -- about his plans to return home to chicago to run for mayor. if that happens, the question is, who takes his job? will be it a permanent replacement or a caretaker chief of staff until the president settles on a successor? and in fact, let's deal with issue number one. two weeks ago, conventional wisdom all said inter
>> mike viqueira in new mexico on a whirlwind three-day trip. one thing that this episode this week and a member of the professional left's comments. we know what the excuse will be for either side post-november. the base will say you guys beat up the base and brow beat them too much and didn't offer a progressive enough agenda. >> it's very interesting notion. everyone knows the base has to get energized. the question is the base wants red meat. they don't want a lecture. and...
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. >> nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house for us. good sunday morning, mike. >> good morning, alex. >> this is pretty good. a changing of the guard and now time to guard the change. what else is the president saying? >> a political call to arms. it really is at least a call to political arms because the chips are down for democrats. we're 45 days from the november 2nd election, alex, and things are looking very grim. many experts now favoring republicans to take over control of the house of representatives. even if they don't win the senate the house will be enough to stymie any plans now laid for energy, immigration, because the house, the majority rules. the president will have to redo the playbook. a lot of people are obviously going to be happy about that. they don't think it's a necessarily bad thing, but certainly not this white house. they have been out on the stump. the president has delivered a number of fiery speeches beginning on labor day to that labor day crowd in milwaukee and last night to the cbc. he also talked about
. >> nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house for us. good sunday morning, mike. >> good morning, alex. >> this is pretty good. a changing of the guard and now time to guard the change. what else is the president saying? >> a political call to arms. it really is at least a call to political arms because the chips are down for democrats. we're 45 days from the november 2nd election, alex, and things are looking very grim. many experts now favoring republicans to take...
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mike viqueira follows this issue from the white house. this is about the president trying to make the health care overhaul more palatable going into the midterm elections. >> reporter: the point made who would have thought he would have to be defending it and promoting it once more as a political matter, not only as a policy matter. the president said that tomorrow, a lot of those provisions kicked in, contessa, as you point out, and the question becomes, a lot of this vulnerable democrats, the 35 or so democrats who voted against the president's health care bill last march, many of them freshmen, many of them sophomores, many coming from vulnerable districts, they're the only ones taking credit for their vote on the democratic side of the aisle. many of those running, who voted for it, who are on the bubble are trying to run away from their vote right now, being hit with ads, and so the question becomes, why is it not the political attribute that many assume that it would be along with the stimulus and these are the things that the white
mike viqueira follows this issue from the white house. this is about the president trying to make the health care overhaul more palatable going into the midterm elections. >> reporter: the point made who would have thought he would have to be defending it and promoting it once more as a political matter, not only as a policy matter. the president said that tomorrow, a lot of those provisions kicked in, contessa, as you point out, and the question becomes, a lot of this vulnerable...
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nbc's mike viqueira has packed his bag. he's going to hit the road with the president. but right now he stays at the white house for us. with a good morning to you, mike, what is the president trying to accomplish with this trip? >> reporter: well, it's an honor and a privilege to cover this or any white house. and yes, it will be a four huf state swing for the president. he'll start out in albuquerque. but let me mention one thing. tomorrow morning in the white house behind me here in the residence he'll be interviewed live for the "today" show as part of "education nation." after that he heads out to andrews air force base. and albuquerque, alex, you may have seen earlier this week out here in suburban virginia he gathered in a back yard with a number of people who'd been adversely affected by the economy, by the healthcare law in particular. they talked about their trials and tribulations, but they also talked about obama administration policy that's have helped them. and that's the sort of thing the president is going to be emphasizing here. starting in albuquerque,
nbc's mike viqueira has packed his bag. he's going to hit the road with the president. but right now he stays at the white house for us. with a good morning to you, mike, what is the president trying to accomplish with this trip? >> reporter: well, it's an honor and a privilege to cover this or any white house. and yes, it will be a four huf state swing for the president. he'll start out in albuquerque. but let me mention one thing. tomorrow morning in the white house behind me here in...
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let's go right to nbc's mike viqueira at the white house. the president took on this issue this morning. it's the second time in two days. the democrats here sense this is the issue, this is the economic money issue they can run with toward the election. >> i think that they think this is the best issue of a number of issues that are not very good for them. you show that 53% there. the problem for democrats is they have far less enthusiasm. i'm not the first one to say it. you're not the first one to say it. but all of the energy is on the conservative side. we've seen that time and time again over the course of this primary season. first point, second point, we are looking at a wave dynamic here. in washington, people are always talking, is this a wave election? will this be something that sweeps people out of power? a tsunami. a political tsunami. it's looking that way. our only nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out just last week showed that republicans leading in the so-called generic, the one you just showed was tied, republicans lead
let's go right to nbc's mike viqueira at the white house. the president took on this issue this morning. it's the second time in two days. the democrats here sense this is the issue, this is the economic money issue they can run with toward the election. >> i think that they think this is the best issue of a number of issues that are not very good for them. you show that 53% there. the problem for democrats is they have far less enthusiasm. i'm not the first one to say it. you're not the...
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. >> nbc's mike viqueira is live at the white house. good morning to you. so the republicans aren't just defending their plan this morning. they are deciding to go out on the attack, too, right? >> oh, absolutely. stake the right word. and the battle lines are drawn. fewer than 40 days before this election and we can't expect much more to happen in terms of policy or bills passing congress. they passed that small business tax cut that the president wanted earlier this week. but any day now in the coming week, the congress is going to be in recess. they are going to be back for what's promising to be a bruising campaign and in dueling web addresses we're seeing a preview of it. it's all being fought about the economy, the debt. you know the story. republicans, especially in the house think that they are going to take back the majority there. that would really throw a wrench into the second two years of president obama's first term. many experts agree that republicans are favored now to take the majority. they came out on thursday with their pledge to america
. >> nbc's mike viqueira is live at the white house. good morning to you. so the republicans aren't just defending their plan this morning. they are deciding to go out on the attack, too, right? >> oh, absolutely. stake the right word. and the battle lines are drawn. fewer than 40 days before this election and we can't expect much more to happen in terms of policy or bills passing congress. they passed that small business tax cut that the president wanted earlier this week. but any...
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traveling along with him, though, still at the white house for the moment, nbc's mike viqueira. good sunday morning. >> morning, alex. >> i know what you'll be doing. you'll be covering the president. what do you expect him to aim to accomplish here? >> it's going to be a mix of policy and politics. we have fewer now than 40 days until these midterm elections. republicans expected to make big gains. perhaps even taking the majority in the house. that would mean a total recalibration here at the white house in terms of their legislative strategy. and the things president obama wants to get done, some of them left undone. some he campaigned on. obviously, alex, a lot at stake. first and foremost in voters' minds, the economy. tomorrow after the president participates in an nbc interview live on the "today" show for "education nation" across nbc platforms here kicking off today, he'll travel to albuquerque, new mexico, where he'll have one of these backyard talks on the economy. he'll have neighbors and other people that have been affected adversely by the economy and positively by
traveling along with him, though, still at the white house for the moment, nbc's mike viqueira. good sunday morning. >> morning, alex. >> i know what you'll be doing. you'll be covering the president. what do you expect him to aim to accomplish here? >> it's going to be a mix of policy and politics. we have fewer now than 40 days until these midterm elections. republicans expected to make big gains. perhaps even taking the majority in the house. that would mean a total...
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. >> nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house. time to listen to you and hear what you have to say. how about a little more about the way the gop is defending its plan today. what do you know on that? >> reporter: you saw kevin mccarthy there. he's from bakersfield, california. one of the young guns. they just wrote a book. and many of -- many analysts, many people in washington expect that these are the folks that will be running the house of representative comes next january and after the november 2nd elections where republicans now favored to take over a majority of the repercussion from that are obviously going to be huge, alex. it was thursday when republicans gathered out in sterling, virginia, and they unveiled their pledge to america. not to say a contract with america. a lot of people, include something conservatives, criticized it as being light on the details. but the political reality is how much detail do they really need to vat this point. they're almost running a front-runner campaign. but now they have this manifes
. >> nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house. time to listen to you and hear what you have to say. how about a little more about the way the gop is defending its plan today. what do you know on that? >> reporter: you saw kevin mccarthy there. he's from bakersfield, california. one of the young guns. they just wrote a book. and many of -- many analysts, many people in washington expect that these are the folks that will be running the house of representative comes next january and...
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mike viqueira. thank you for that. >> reporter: okay. >>> an admission by lindsay lohan. she failed a court order drug and alcohol test. she's prepared to appear before a judge if asked. it could mean probation violation and more jail time. the 24-year-old finished a stint. >>> pope benedict celebrates mass in britain and addresses the church sex abuse scandal head on. >>> what could drive a woman to throw acid on her own face and make up the story about the attack? details. >>> which is better, sex or shopping? results of the study may shock you. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. ever wew a retirement expert? let's meet some. retirement's a journey and, we know the territory. we're chartered retirement p
mike viqueira. thank you for that. >> reporter: okay. >>> an admission by lindsay lohan. she failed a court order drug and alcohol test. she's prepared to appear before a judge if asked. it could mean probation violation and more jail time. the 24-year-old finished a stint. >>> pope benedict celebrates mass in britain and addresses the church sex abuse scandal head on. >>> what could drive a woman to throw acid on her own face and make up the story about the...
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. >> mike viqueira on the north lawn this morning. this feels it adds color to a narrative largely known. they're embracing this narrative and deciding this portrays the president in a light -- >> mind trick. nothing to see here. these are not the policy differences you're looking for. one thing about the biden anecdote, the next line says, yes, biden said that during the transition, but he might be the best man for the job. but it is, you know, you didn't need a lot of white house deep background source to tell you holbrooke's not the most popular guy inside the administration some days. >> the president's economic team is about to look very different. lawrence summers says he is stepping down and year's end. he is the third member to allowance their resignation since june. john harwood joins us now. we have reported this is something in the works for months, so not a surprise inside the west wing but perhaps the timing of the announcement. who might the president pick to replace larry summers? >> boy, that's a mystery, savannah. the
. >> mike viqueira on the north lawn this morning. this feels it adds color to a narrative largely known. they're embracing this narrative and deciding this portrays the president in a light -- >> mind trick. nothing to see here. these are not the policy differences you're looking for. one thing about the biden anecdote, the next line says, yes, biden said that during the transition, but he might be the best man for the job. but it is, you know, you didn't need a lot of white house...
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. >> mike viqueira, thank you very much in new mexico for us. >>> to one of the stories we're following all this week. one of the critical issues facing the public education today. the growing number of students who quit school even before graduating. a child drops out of school every 11 seconds. that's right. five kids will drop out of school in the united states before we finish reading this guest introduction. a quarter of u.s. students do not graduate from high schools. the class of 2009 dropouts will cost the united states $335 billion in lost wages, taxes and productivit productivity. today on msnbc, two of the most outspoken foot soldiers on education colin powell and his wife talk about the crisis. listen. >> 70% of the youngsters in the cohea coert will not be accepted into the army because they don't have a high school education or even with a high school education, they can't pass our basic, entry-level exam. >> no one entity can take care of all of these needs. it takes all of us saying it takes a village. it takes a village, it takes a community. >> joining us as part of ou
. >> mike viqueira, thank you very much in new mexico for us. >>> to one of the stories we're following all this week. one of the critical issues facing the public education today. the growing number of students who quit school even before graduating. a child drops out of school every 11 seconds. that's right. five kids will drop out of school in the united states before we finish reading this guest introduction. a quarter of u.s. students do not graduate from high schools. the...
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mike viqueira is live at the white house. good morning to you mike. >> good morning, alex. >> what about the crowd's reaction to the former governor of alaska. >> reporter: it is interesting. this is a path well worn by presidential hopefuls. the first battleground. the beginning of 2012. this is sarah palin's first visit there since she was the vice presidential candidate in 2008. she came in riding high fresh off a string of victories. many of the candidates were opposed by the gop establishment. she took the opportunity to sort of disdain the gop establishment at the same time calling for party unity. here is a little bit of what she said last night in des moines. >> we can't blow it, gop. but we won't wait for the political play book to be handed to us from high from the elites that may take renegades going rogue to get us there. it may take folks shaking it up to get there. >> reporter: so, alex, she is perhaps the most powerful person in the republican party now. certainly with the conservative base. she goes to iowa. e
mike viqueira is live at the white house. good morning to you mike. >> good morning, alex. >> what about the crowd's reaction to the former governor of alaska. >> reporter: it is interesting. this is a path well worn by presidential hopefuls. the first battleground. the beginning of 2012. this is sarah palin's first visit there since she was the vice presidential candidate in 2008. she came in riding high fresh off a string of victories. many of the candidates were opposed by...
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go live to the white house and mike viqueira for the details on. mike, explain who the president is stumping for and the bigger question, will he have the midas touch. >> he does have the midas touch. he still travels across the country and speaks to core democratic groups and a lot of them very heavy hitters, especially in terms of their wallet, thomas. $30,000 a couple at many of these fund-raisers. you see the president traveling around the country. he has two fund-raisers and one starting off in stanford, connecticut. bloom blumenthol replacing the chris dodd in the senate. now a race there, linda mcmahon she's loaded and she's a wrestling, she and her husband created wwe. so, what we have, pardon me in connecticut now is a smackdown. six points separate the two in the latest poll. this linda mcmahon has spent $21 million of her own considerable fortune and said she will spend $50 million. so, any visit by the president. $1,000 a plate in stanford is going to be welcomed by william blumenthal and the president will go to greenwich, connecticut.
go live to the white house and mike viqueira for the details on. mike, explain who the president is stumping for and the bigger question, will he have the midas touch. >> he does have the midas touch. he still travels across the country and speaks to core democratic groups and a lot of them very heavy hitters, especially in terms of their wallet, thomas. $30,000 a couple at many of these fund-raisers. you see the president traveling around the country. he has two fund-raisers and one...
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mike viqueira, thank you. >>> president obama's announcement live 1:30 eastern on msnbc. >>> politics center stage. from florida to iowa, today what's happening, the top of the hour, the florida race for u.s. senate. they face off in the first debate of the jn election. about an hour later, delaware senate candidate chris coons and vice president joe biden hold a meet and greet with volunteers from the state's democratic coordinating campaign. >>> about 3:25 eastern this afternoon, the republican candidate in delaware, christine o'donnell speaks of the values voters summit in washington, d.c. a lot of excitement for her speech. and tonight sarah palin fuels the 2012 fire with a speech in des moines, iowa. speaking at the republican party's annual ronald reagan dinner. >>> quick break. we'll be right back. 24-hour al, comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car... and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why we offer accident forgiveness... man: good job! where your price won'
mike viqueira, thank you. >>> president obama's announcement live 1:30 eastern on msnbc. >>> politics center stage. from florida to iowa, today what's happening, the top of the hour, the florida race for u.s. senate. they face off in the first debate of the jn election. about an hour later, delaware senate candidate chris coons and vice president joe biden hold a meet and greet with volunteers from the state's democratic coordinating campaign. >>> about 3:25 eastern...
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>> mike viqueira, thanks. howard fineman is also "newsweek" magazine's senior washington correspondent. howard, good morning. it's great to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> republicans have been mocking the president saying what happened to that summer of recovery? you've seen the unemployment numbers, 9.6% last week. in the past the president has said, look, it took us a long time to get in this mess. it will take us a long time to get out of it. now he's saying at least we've stemmed the bleeding. what is he going to say to placate people who are still out of work? >> well, lester, i'd like to say that being a political worker here is like rocket science. it's not. the unemployment rate was 7.6% when he came into office. it's now 9.6%. eventually is now. for people in places like clefld, where i was last week, this is the time he's got to say, i'm going to act further than i have. it's not a good bumper sticker, lester, to say it would have been worse had i not been here. the president needs to say, here
>> mike viqueira, thanks. howard fineman is also "newsweek" magazine's senior washington correspondent. howard, good morning. it's great to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> republicans have been mocking the president saying what happened to that summer of recovery? you've seen the unemployment numbers, 9.6% last week. in the past the president has said, look, it took us a long time to get in this mess. it will take us a long time to get out of it. now he's saying...